Research Team
Publications
Egypt Just Hosted a Continental Grid Conversation. Sudan Is Still Outside Mission 300’s Compacts.
Egypt Energy Expo 2026 put regional and cross-border power trade on a Cairo stage. Mission 300 still has no Sudan compact in Cohorts I–III. Officials should publish a…
Africa Just Crossed 11 GW of Wind. Sudan Ranks Third in Resource — and Near Last in Turbines.
GWEC's new Africa wind report finds the continent at 11.1 GW installed. Sudan ranks third in technical resource, yet Algeria, Libya and Sudan together have built under 200…
Biodiversity COP17 Opens in Six Days. Africa Needs a Finance Decision, Not Another Scorecard.
CBD COP17 in Yerevan opens on 19 October for the first Global Biodiversity Framework review. A draft UN report finds the world short on 22 of 23 nature…
A New $78 Million Great Green Wall Programme Covers Nine Countries: Where Sudan’s Restoration Stands
A new US$78 million GEF programme will restore 270,000 hectares across nine Great Green Wall countries. Sudan, a founding member, reports the third-largest restoration area, while its own…
The UN Carbon Market Just Opened to Clean Cooking. Sudan Should Set Its Terms Before COP31
On 9 October the UN carbon market adopted its first clean cooking methodologies and a tool that discounts credits for reversal risk. Sudan should confirm who approves projects…
Pre-COP31 Wrote a Plan to Unblock Climate Finance for the Poorest Countries. Thirty-Two of Them Are African.
Pre-COP31 in Fiji closed on 8 October with an Australian plan to make climate finance easier for small islands and least developed countries to reach. Thirty-two of the…
IPCC-65 Meets in Addis Ababa: Last Window to Align AR7 With the 2028 Stocktake
IPCC-65 meets in Addis Ababa, 12–16 October 2026 — likely the last chance to align AR7 reports with the 2028 global stocktake. 3Bi Situation Report — Climate &…
Sudan Made Rooftop Solar Cheaper in August. Now It Needs the Rulebook — Before It Repeats Kenya’s Mistakes
Sudan's August fee exemption will put more solar panels on its roofs. We set out the cheap rulebook it now needs: equipment standards, a system registry and grid-connection…
Youth Took Conflict-Zone Climate Demands to COP31 — With No Adaptation Text to Carry Them
MENA youth closed RCOY 2026 in Oman demanding protection for climate workers in conflict zones and adaptation plans for conflict-affected states — six weeks before COP31 opens without…